Retells the stories of "The Reluctant Dragon," "The Princess and the Pea," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Jack and the Beanstalk"
Describes the different ways humans use rocks and stones in everyday life and discusses the ways they are retrieved from the earth for these uses.
Discover fascinating facts about the life of the Stone Age people - where they lived, what they ate, and what they looked like. Fifteen practical projects help to bring the past alive, from creating cave art, to preparing a Stone Age meal.
One day a boy falls down a hole, and an amazing thing happens — when he wakes, he’s in a camp full of people wearing animal skins! Mixing flight of fancy with prehistoric facts, Satoshi Kitamura ushers us back to a time of surprising innovation and artistic expression, shown in cave paintings visible to this day.
A 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books On the bicentennial of Frankenstein, join Mary Shelley on the night she created the most frightening monster the world has ever seen. On a stormy night two hundred years ago, a young woman sat in a dark house and dreamed of her life as a writer. She longed to follow the path her own mother, Mary Wollstonecraft…
Did you know.... That about 1,800 liters of blood pass through your kidneys each day? That your kidneys contain a million 'mini-kidneys' called nephrons? In this volume of how my body works you'll find out about the way your kidneys cleanse your blood and how urine gets rid of waste. Discover what you can do to help your kidneys in their important tasks.
Geronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot is back in another prehistoric adventure! A visiting rodent has arrived in Old Mouse City with astounding news. On his recent journey to a cold, distant land, he spotted a mountain . . . moving! Holey cheese! Geronimo Stiltonoot sets off on a trip to the ice and snow to find out what lies behind this mystery. It's a fur-raising expedition!